The Cleveland Browns have succeeded in the largest NFL 2025 draft trade when they exchanged selections in the first round with the Jacksonville jaguars, returning to fifth place. The Jaguars won the winner of the Heisman Travis Hunter trophy with the second overall choice. But the Browns took the defensive platform of the Michigan Mason Graham fifth while adding a second round choice in 2025 and a first round in 2026.
While Hunter was widely considered as a hope among the first two in the 2025 recovery class, Graham was also very appreciated, and he was the third best player of the Grand Plateau of Mel Kiper Jr. but the Grand DT was not as large as usual During the pre-radd festivities.
At the university, Graham turned the balance to a formidable 320 pounds. But at the combination of the NFL, he weighed only 296, according to Michael David Smith of ProOotballTalk. However, Graham reports that he has now returned up to 310 pounds.
The new DT of the Browns is almost back on its weight of play
“I was like 304 when I arrived at the combine harvester and this kind of week made me wreak havoc … I was in medicine from 10 [a.m.] At 7:30 p.m., I missed some of my formal visits, but I have the impression that weight is not a problem. I have 310 at the moment, I feel really good and a little ready to go just in the minicamp recruit, “said Graham, by PFT.
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Although scouts and analysts note that it is unusual that a defensive tackle falls below 300 pounds, Graham has dismissed his weight fluctuations, saying that he was hungry and dehydrated when he weighed on the combine harvester. He feels that he is back to a healthy weight after the project and ready to go to work for the Browns.
Cleveland was widely considered as an landing point in the first round for the quarter-Arrière Shedeur Sanders, but the team has chosen to strengthen its defensive line instead while storing draft choices for another reconstruction.
After being selected by the team, Graham admitted that he was delighted to join Myles Garrett in Cleveland. The D-Lineman veteran initially requested an exchange of this offseason before accepting in the end of an extension of $ 160 million over four years with the Browns.
While Cleveland managed to take a quarter to the first round, the team approached the position, selecting Dillon Gabriel with the 94th choice in total and finally won Sanders at No. 144. The Browns decision to write Sanders in the fifth round helped win Kiper’s note from Kiper this year.
